Insurance claims totalled $17.2 million.

Ex-tropical cyclone Cook swept south through Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay on 13 April, triggering evacuations and cutting power to more than 20,000 properties. Many roads were blocked due to landslips, fallen trees and power poles.

The Education Ministry shut schools and early childhood centres in Bay of Plenty, Thames-Coromandel, and Auckland on 13th April.

MetService SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 9:47am 11-Apr-2017. HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FOR MANY PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND. A low moving southeast over the Tasman Sea is expected to become slow-moving later today. Its associated front is expected to bring periods of heavy rain to the north and west of the South Island and also Otago later today and early tomorrow then spread to the North Island later Wednesday. The rain over parts of the North Island is expected to continue into Thursday and possibly Friday. Rainfall accumulations could exceed 200mm over Bay of Plenty and Taupo over 48 hours from midday Wednesday, with lesser amounts in other areas. Further, the remains of Tropical Cyclone Cook are likely to cross from about Bay of Plenty to Hawkes Bay Thursday night or Friday with further heavy rain, large swells and an area of damaging severe gales. The precise track of the low centre is uncertain at this stage and more details will be added in the following days.

MetService SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 9:58am 12-Apr-2017. HEAVY RAIN FOR MANY PARTS OF NEW ZEALAND. CYCLONE COOK EXPECTED TO BRING SEVERE GALES TO PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND. A low lies slow moving west of the South Island directing a moist and unsettled northeasterly airstream over New Zealand. Heavy rain is now falling over parts of the country and is expected to continue into Thursday or even Friday in some regions. Rainfall accumulations could exceed 200mm over Bay of Plenty and Taupo during this time, with lesser amounts in other areas. Cyclone Cook is expected to make landfall somewhere over the Coromandel Peninsula or western Bay of Plenty late Thursday afternoon or evening and move southwards reaching Wellington in the early hours of Friday morning. On this track, damaging severe gales with gusts of 150 km/h or more are possible, affecting regions from Auckland to Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty, down through the central North Island and into Wellington. Eastern coastal areas of Auckland, Coromandel Peninsula and Bay of Plenty may see large waves of 5 metres or more, storm surges near the centre of Cyclone Cook, coastal inundation and erosion. The precise track of the Cyclone centre may change as the system approaches.

MetService SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 9:12am 13-Apr-2017. CYCLONE COOK EXPECTED TO BRING FURTHER HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE GALES TO PARTS OF THE NORTH ISLAND.

MetService SEVERE WEATHER WARNING 8:55am 14-Apr-2017. WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH CYCLONE COOK NOW EASING IN MOST PLACES.

People in low-lying coastal areas of Bay of Plenty and the east coast of the Coromandel were asked to evacuate due to the risk of extreme storm surges. Everyone in Ohope's West End was told to leave their homes, with some nearby areas also affected.

The Whakatane District Council evacuated campgrounds in the western end of the district, including the Department of Conservation campground in Matatā, Murphy's Holiday Camp, Pikowai Campground, the Ōtamarākau free-camping area and Thornton Beach Holiday Park.

The Bay of Plenty Fire Service received about 100 flood-related calls during the storm. Some homes were flooded or hit by trees, while slips and power lines also came down on roads and properties.

1500 customers in Whakatane, Kawerau and Opotiki were without power.

SH2 between Awakeri and Opotiki was closed due to slips, and SH34 from Edgecumbe to Te Teko was also closed due to downed power lines.

Whakatane District Council asked residents to conserve water, and boil notices were in place in Taneatua, Te Mahoe, Ruatoki, and the Rangitaiki Plains. Locals were urged not to wash mud or silt from their homes or properties into drains, because those could block pipes and cause more flooding in further rain.

About 420 residents were without power in the Far North towns of Whangaroa, Matangirau, Tauranga Bay and Kaeo. Flooding in Kaeo made it difficult to access these towns.

13,000 homes in Hawke’s Bay were without power after high winds brought down trees and power lines.

Pakowhai Regional Park was closed due to major tree damage from the storm.

About 400 households were without power.